Shailene Woodley Shares Message About “Grief” After Aaron Rodgers Breakup

Shailene Woodley, who recently split with Aaron Rodgers, shared a candid post about why grief is “the greatest praise” on her Instagram.

By Steven Vargas Apr 28, 2022 8:35 PMTags
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Shailene Woodley is expressing her grief out loud, or at least through Instagram.

On the heels of her official breakup with ex Aaron Rodgers, the Big Little Lies actress posted a quote about loss from author Martín Prechtel to her Instagram Story.

The post read, "'Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them,' says writer Martín Prechtel. 'Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses.'

The post continued, "Seeing grief in this way helps us respect what we are going through, rather than being mired in shame and discouragement on top of the pain we already feel."

A source exclusively told E! News on April 25, "Shailene tried to give it another shot and was spending time with Aaron. But she quickly saw that everything was on his terms and nothing was going to change. There was no reason to continue and she's done with it again."

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Though the couple first split in February, they were spotted together a week later at Erewhon Market in Los Angeles. Shailene, 30, also accompanied Aaron, 38, to his Green Bay Packers teammate David Bakhtiari's wedding.

A source close to Aaron exclusively told E! News at the time that "they are spending time together but not fully back on."

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More recently, they were seen walking side-by-side getting off a jet in Palm Beach. A source close to Aaron exclusively told E! News on March 22, "They've been spending a lot of time together and are happy with where things are. They haven't had a lot of down time and have been traveling all over seeing friends and visiting different cities. They don't stay in one place for long."

Now that the couple is officially over, at least Shailene has found some good reading material.

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